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In spite of their young age, this band is well known to Russian audience. Requiem for FM's music doesn't feel too dismal for representatives of dark-scene. Their style finds its place somewhere between synthpop, techno and trance, but their light, dancing sounding is repaid dramatically with gloominess of the lyrics. They are somewhat similar to 'The Smiths', singing easily and without embarrassment about extremely serious things. And as the lyrics of the forerun single had been completely dedicated to the natural cataclysms, man-caused disasters and total pollution of the environment, the band proceeds with their investigations in kRASH. Now, the apocalyptic reality of the world is entangled with the personal communications and relations, emotional torments of a modern man, and man of a future; with realization of limited choices and inevitability of forthcoming requital. Inner conflicts of a hero quite naturally transforms into disasters, common to all mankind, and vice versa.
Band take their work seriously, and it undoubtedly has an effect on musical constituent of the album. Modern musical tendencies are seamlessly combined with the band's own distinctive sounding. Mastering had been provided by Alexander Krasheninnikov - a famous sound producer and mastering engineer, known by his works with legendary Russian bands Technologija and Miraj and also with lots of modern dancing bands.
Pavel "NWO" Gromov (Antisisters), Fedor Svolotch and Yana Veva (Theodor Bastard) took part in vocal recordings, adding their voices to the structure of sound canvas, excellently makes sounding of the album similar to their native bands.
The CD also contains a compact bonus-section that shows how the quality of a single remix by Martin Bowes (Attrition, UK) - the apologist of English and international darkwave and dark-electronics' master - can surpass the possible quantity: Bowes managed to transform vigorous song 'Torn In Two' into a dreamy and a languorous composition. Author says: "I'd like the song to feel like in a dream - with emerging and fading echoes, short fragments coming to memory!" Enveloped by dreams, quiet and surprisingly atmospheric remix contrasts to the nimble and lively album it concludes, marking a bold dot... for what? The answer is up to the listener.
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